Hand-grip for guns.



P. A. FREEMAN. HAND GRIP EOE GUNS. APPLICATION FILED JULY 6, 190 8..

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HAND GRIP FOR GUNS.

. APPLIOATION FILED JULY 6, 1908.

Patented Oct. 12,1909.

uNiTED STATES PATENT orrion.

HAND-GRIP F03 GUNS.

936,528. r pecification f L t ers t n Fatented Oct. 12,1909.

of which the following is a specification, refhaving one form of myinvention appliedi Fig. 4 is a plan view of the handle attachanotherform of my invention. Fig. 6 18 a bottom plan view of the parts showninrange of movement than has heretofore been Application filed July 6,1905. ser al No. 442,048.

To all whom it may concern: 2 with each pair clamped to the barrel 1 byBe it known that I, FRANK A. FREEMAN, means of a screw 9. In order toprevent of Malden, in the county of Middlesex and marring of the barrel1 and also to prevent Commonwealth of- Massachusetts, have inthe shockof the discharge of the piece from vented an'Improved Hand-Grip forGuns, displacing or loosening the grip of the arms 8, each of the latteris provided at its free end with a tip 10 of rubber, or like cushioningmaterial, in the form of a cap slipped on to the end of the arm '8. Inorder to have the handle 2 close to the barrel 1 so as to form ineffect'an extension of the stock said handle may be recessed as at 11 toreceive the bar 6. f

In using the gun described above the left hand of the operator graspsthe handle 2 while the stock is placed against the shoulder and graspedby the right hand as usual. As will. be clear the gun may be swung aboutwith entire freedom of movement owing to the capacity of the handle 2 torock on the stud 5.. Also in aiming the gun the handle 2 is free toadjust itself to the position. of the hand of the operator, instead ofrequiring as heretofore that the operator adjust his '80 hand to theposition of the barrel. Another advantage is that the handle 2 ispractically insulated from the barrel which becomes heated throughrepeated firing'and therefore erence being had to the annexed drawings,1n which i V Figure 1 is aside elevation of a shotgun thereto. Fig. 2shows on an enlarged scale and partly in section a portion of the gunshown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an end view of the handle attachmenthereinafter described.

ment shown in Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a side elevation of a portion of "a shotgun showing Fig. 5. I 1

lhe objectof my invention is to'provide a suitable handgrip forfirearms, such as shotguns, rifles and the like, to the end that theymay be used with more freedom and possible. i To this end my improvedhandgrip for guns is made with a movable handle located beneath thebarrel of the gun which maybe grasped by that hand of the person usingthe gun which is stretched foring away with the necessity of wearing aWard under the barrel of the gun. In the glove upon the left hand toshield it from the best form ofmy invention this handle ispiv-f heat ofthe barrel as has heretofore been the oted on an axis perpendicular tothe axis of custom.

the barrel, or substantially so, so that in In one type of shot gun incommon use swinging the muzzle of the gun about as in today that portionof the stock which exfollowing the flight of the target, the handletendsforward under the barrel is made with is free to move on its pivotand accommoa separately removable fore-piece which has date itself tothe movements of the hand of a metal tongue extending lengthwise of itthe operator. Also the handle serves to prowhich carries the latch bywhich the fore tect the hand of the gunner from the heat of piece issecured in position. In Figs. 5 and the barrel; 6 I have shown a gun ofthis type embody- Having reference to the drawings, 1 reping myinvention and in said figures 20 is V resents the barrel of a doublebarreled' shot the removable fore-piece and 21 the tongue.

gun, and 2 the pivoted handle. The handle As herein shown the tongue 21is extended 2 is bored transversely to receive a bushing beyond thefore-piece and tapped to receive 3 that is fastened within the handle bya stud 5 on which the handle 2] swings screws 4. Pivotally mountedwithin the laterally, the transverse bore of sa1d handle bushing 3 is astud 5 to the upper end of being provided with a bushing 13*. In thisform of my invention while it is possible to which is fastened a bar6,sa1d bar being mounted upon the upper threaded end of remove the handle2? yet said handle is intended to be a permanent part of the gun thestud 5 .and clamped in place against a shoulder on the stud at the baseof the l structure and if desired the stud 5' may be threads by a nut 7To the sides of the bar permanently secured to the tongue.

6 are pivoted at 12 four upwardly curved What I claim is:

arms 8 which embrace the barrel 1 as shown 1. The above describedattachment for in Fig. 3, said arms being arranged in pairs firearmscomprising a handle, a bar pivota cool grip is provided for the handthus do? 85 ally connected to said handle, clamp arms pivoted to saidbar in one or more pans, and means to clamp said arms to the barrel ofthe firearm.

2. In a firearm the combination with the barrel thereof of a handlearranged beneath said barrel and means connecting the handle to theforepart of the gun with provision for normally free sidewieeoscillating movement only of the handle relatively to the barrel saidmovement being in an axis perpendicular to the barrel.

FRANK A. FREEMAN. \Vitnesses SAMUEL I-I. PILLSBURY, CARL P. SWEETSER.

